>First, I'm assuming bash is your assigned shell. Is this correct? To find >out for sure do: > > grep -i [your.username] /etc/passwd It's easier to just do echo $SHELL >.bashrc -- These are settings exectued whenever you login, meaning you in >particular, and not some other username. These are executed whether you >login locally on a console, or over the Internet perhaps using ssh; > >.bash_profile -- These commands are executed only when you log in on a >local console; This is not correct. I do not have any commands in my .bashrc file, they are all in .bash_profile and they get executed no matter how I login. Linux generally doesn't care if you're local or not. As stated earlier, .bashrc is run by bash for shells launched later whereas .bash_profile is run when you log in. Geoff.
